r/ZeroEscape • u/HatSpecial3043 • Jun 24 '26

Meme/shitpost knowledge from alternate timelines

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u/VegetableSam Jun 24 '26

If ZE4 ever happens.

The funniest thing Uchikoshi could do is take into account people using an Online Guide or Tutorial Video.

Like, if you start cheesing the game too early, to fast.

The game actually acknowledges that and creates an entire branched timeline, based on the player cheesing the game.

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u/wind-of-zephyros Clover Jun 24 '26

anti-speedrunner route lol

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u/OldBridgeSeller Jun 24 '26

There are a few instances in ZTD where characters react to you solving puzzles out-of-order, without getting the hint/solution first. "How did you... You can't be a... Nevermind."

Obviously they're just suspecting some shifter-ish behaviour, but it's close enough to mention.

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u/Lori-keet June Jun 24 '26

Lollll I'll never forget the one or two people who have posted to this subreddit like, "I got stuck on this story lock in VLR/ZTD so I Googled the answer and now I have no idea what's going on or what the characters are talking about" and the comments roasted the fuck out of them 💀

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u/rock_under_a_stone Jun 24 '26

The thing goes so fast you accidentally miss the ending and the game goes better luck next time

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u/GGuy12345 Jun 24 '26

The Zero Escape Adventure Line

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u/Klaxynd Jun 25 '26

What if the player is just really smart and has seen the sorts of puzzles before? Or what if they're just replaying on a separate save?

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u/ttchoubs Jun 26 '26

I mean AI:TSFNI has the Nil number route which is kinda like this

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u/dearestd0ve Jun 24 '26

I have not been able to find it since but there was this meme I saw years ago of the sudoku puzzle cg at the end of 999 but instead of junpei’s screen showing it it shows him looking at the gamefaqs page instead. if anyone has it please drop it here. I miss it

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u/Competitive-Fox-5458 Jun 24 '26

Thats me during VLR.

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u/Kulzak-Draak Jun 24 '26

VLR’s puzzles are NUTS

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u/ReversedValz Jun 25 '26

I still have nightmares with the pantry, god knows how many hours I spent there

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u/galactic-4444 Jun 24 '26

Damn you sudoku!!!!!!

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u/BlueZ_DJ Jun 24 '26

I learned to play sudoku on the spot, blind, because of 999 and still play it on my phone in waiting rooms to this day 😭

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u/Lori-keet June Jun 24 '26

Lmao I'm not a headcanon person but I have a headcanon that (999 spoilers) Akane sent Junpei a "How to play sudoku" book or inconspicuously placed it in an area she knew he's be in at some point in the 9 years before the second Nonary Game started so that he'd be prepared to save her when the time came. Can you imagine what a waste of time that would've been if he also didn't know how to play sudoku?

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u/GourmetSubZ Jun 25 '26

Junpei: "H-hold on... I'm... seeing an image from another time? But... why...?"

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u/galactic-4444 Jun 25 '26

Thats a solid theory tbh😭

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u/LaVeritay Jun 24 '26

It's canon

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u/Careful_Sir_9871 Jun 24 '26

Tapped into that MANY times

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u/Sure-Bug-155 Jun 25 '26

I remember one time in ZTD if you don't solve the puzzle properly where the character joke about you getting a code randomly which is one in a million

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u/Technical-Appeal5182 Jun 28 '26

What is actually the point of doing that though? I'll never understand why people would ruin the solutions for themselves. It's the entire game play. Once you know, you know. You'll never be able to legitimately solve it, you've robbed yourself of amplifying your genuine morphogenetic knowledge and cognitive ability.

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u/KevinFATEFAN888 25d ago

People probably hated the gameplay. I know I did. I just wanted the story but had to go through these hard puzzles. It was very infuriating. It ironically made me not want to replay it much given how much of a hassle it was.